So week one was awesome, I was welcomed with open arms. We all bonded as teammates on and off the field, also we understood our jobs this summer, to play baseball .
Game 2 of the series against yorkton ended like a story book, I was red lighted as I was to be used in our next game on the upcoming monday. But our team showed grit on that day, we were 0-1 and knew we were way better than this yorkton team. Lets skip to the good part, its the bottom of the 9th and its 9-5 for yorkton, the fans had already started to exit Tom Laing Park, but we knew that his wasn't over. With 1 out Yorkton brought in their second reliever of the game and he was having a hard time hitting his spots. As the first two batters he faced got on we loaded the bases one batter later. Then our pinch hitter came up 'Chad' , a kid from new orleans, so in story book fashion he roped a line drive that the outfield Botched and so it was now 9-8 with 2 outs (there was a stirkeout in there somewhere , excuse my loss of memory). Now it was a runner on 3rd, DP our left fielder went to the dish after getting down 0-2 he lined one at the shortstop, he jumped and the ball fell out of his glove it was on now, tie game 9-9. After a single and a walk, we were in position to win this thing. Our #2 hitter came up, with one pitch the game was over. The pitcher ran a fastball in that caught our hitters arm, walk off HBP. Now thats a greasy win, but thats what we do we get wins anyway we can.
The next night we were at home again against the league leading Regina Red Sox, these guys were known for having a strong team every year in the WMBL. So lets just say the game never went the way we wanted, we lost yes and lost big. But I got to do some mop up duty. I was on the bump in the 8th with 2 outs and gave up 2 hits before getting a ground ball to end it, then in the 9th I got a quick K then walked one. The next batter popped up, and the one after that grounded out. Another solid outing, but damn that loss left a bitter taste in everyones mouth.
So we were 1-2 going into a road gam against yorkton, but luckily enough our #1 starter was on the bump for this game. After some struggles with umpires and a key error in the field he battled to get a CG win. This was huge although I got 'dry humped' in the pen, meaning I got hot and was told that I wasn't needed. Hey we are now at .500 (2-2) on the year. This led us into our Saturday night showdown at melville.
This game started good, 4 runs for us in the top of the first as the Melville started struggled to throw strikes. Our starter was again rolling in this game, he was mowing down batters possibly hitting 90mph with nasty breaking stuff. Around the 5th though there was some chirping going on as our bench was getting in the pitchers head, it got tense after our pitcher gave up a 3 run shot bringing Melville within 1, but our bats were hot. After a few walks and a couple of singles we put up a 3 spot to spread our lead back to 4 runs.
Skip to the 9th, after a barrage of runs we had a comfortable 14-5 lead. But our starter (still in the game) was getting tired leaving pitches up in the zone, so melville capitalized. I was sent to warm-up in the pen, working quick I didn't even notice but he got out of the jam to pick up the CG win. The final score was 14-9, but most importantly we are now above .500 on the year (3-2).
It is about trusting your stuff, hitting the ball hard, rattling the opposition and knowing that you are better if you you just put your mind to it. That is how I define Beaver Baseball.
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